Posted on 05/05/20
| News Source: FOX News
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized in Baltimore with an infection caused by a gallstone, the court announced Tuesday, adding that she's expected to remain in the hospital for a "day or two."
Ginsburg, 87, underwent non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland.
The justice underwent outpatient tests at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Monday following oral arguments with the court, which confirmed that she had a gallstone blocking her cystic duct, resulting in an infection.
"The Justice is resting comfortably and plans to participate in the oral argument teleconference tomorrow morning remotely from the hospital," the Supreme Court said in a statement.
Wednesday's case-- which will be argued via teleconference due to the coronavirus-- involves a lengthy battle spanning eight years with the Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious group that serves the poor and elderly.
The case has gone all the way to the Supreme Court and the religious group is pushing back against an Obama Administration mandate under the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide employees with health insurance, which can be used to cover birth control-- a method the group considers abortion.
Houses of worship and their integrated auxiliaries were exempt, but the Little Sisters of the Poor did not fall under that bracket.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey are suing the federal government to stop the group from opting out, an exemption granted to them by the Trump administration.
All justices are participating via phone, so Ginsburg will have no impediments to full involvement in the case. Read more at FOX News